Rivista Italiana di Gemmologia – Italian Gemological Review #2 – September 2017

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IN THIS ISSUE:

• Editorial – Calm gemologists in the open sea scanning the rest of the world (Paolo Minieri)

• The Diamond View – Positive signals (Sergio Sorrentino)

• 10X – Your friends the inclusions. The detective at the identification party. First episode (Luigi Costantini and Claudio Russo)

• GEM NEWS – Colombian? No, from Panjshir. The stabilization of Afghanistan would supply us outstanding emeralds
• GEM NEWS – And if there were no more emeralds between Avenida Jimenez and the Septima? Colombian Esmeralderos on strike
• GEM NEWS – It is time for mining laws. In Myanmar rubies and jade are still in the hands of big subsidiaries
• GEM NEWS – De Beers launches a 113 meter and 12,000 tonne ship. Future diamonds will come from the sea
• GEM NEWS – The attempt to gain the majority control of Gemfields reveals the future of the market of emeralds and rubies
• GEM NEWS – Lucky Ethiopia, only sapphires were missing

• Appraisal specialties for gemstones with artistic and precision cut (Victor Tuzlukov)

• Ethical stones – Diamonds of an ethic hemisphere. The case of Canada (Paolo Minieri)

• The 27th Feira Internacional de pedras preciosas (FIPP) of Teofilo Otoni (Michele Macrì)

• Gem mining and conservation in Mozambique and Madagascar (Vincent Pardieu)

• Raman spectroscopy: technique and its gemological application (Alberto Scarani and Mikko Åström)

• Specific cases of coral treatments. Identification and correct terminology (Francesco Sequino)

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